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GUILFORD Talk About Books - "The Stars Are Fire" by Anita Shreve: 6:30 p.m. Free. Guilford Free Library, 4024 Guilford Center Rd. Information: 802-257-4603; Click for more info on Web in new window.
PUTNEY Film and Discussion - "Normal Isn't Real: Succeeding with Learning Disabilities and ADHD": Four mini-documentary style videos feature successful young adults sharing their stories of coming to terms with their learning disability and ADHD issues. The candid portraits take the viewer into the subjects' daily lives - showcasing their talents, venting their frustrations, and employing the strategies they use to manage their challenges and utilize their strengths. Reception prior to the screening with producer/director Krys Kornmeier, whose work has taken her to Africa, Borneo, China and Jordan. She is the mother of a son with learning and attention issues and knows first-hand the emotional and educational challenges inherent in these issues. 6 p.m: Reception in the atrium of the Nicole Goodner MacFarlane Center for Science, Technology & Innovation. Enjoy refreshments while conversing with Kornmeier and members of the College community. 7 p.m: Film. Both events are free. Landmark College Greenhoe Theater, 1 River Rd. S. Information: ; Click for more info on Web in new window.
BRATTLEBORO What is Baha'i?: With Marie Procter. 12 noon - 1 p.m. Free. River Garden - Brown Bag Series, 157 Main St. Information: 802-246-0982; Click for more info on Web in new window.
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BRATTLEBORO Scrabble: Stop by and play a game of Scrabble. All levels. 6 p.m. on Wednesdays. Free. Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St. Information: 802-254-5290; Click for more info on Web in new window.
BRATTLEBORO Co-op Month Tastings - Organic Valley Dairy Products: October is National Co-op Month. The BFC is offering tastings and demos from cooperatively-owned businesses all month long. 12 noon - 3 p.m. Free. Brattleboro Food Co-op, 2 Main St. Information: 802-257-0236; Click for more info on Web in new window.
BRATTLEBORO Fun Foods from Around the World: Let's celebrate Kale, the Vermont Harvest of the Month, by learning how to make Chinese dumplings. These savory, flavorful morsels are a popular snack with kids all over China, either filled with meat, vegetables, or tofu. We will make kale and tofu dumplings while learning about the culture and language of the vast country of China. 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Brattleboro Food Co-op Cooking Classroom, 7 Canal St. Registration required - 802-246-2821, shareholders@brattleborofoodcoop.coop.
BRATTLEBORO Lunchtime Yoga for Co-op Shareholders: All-levels, led by a different local teacher each Wednesday. Bring a yoga mat. noon - 1 p.m. Free (only open to shareholders). Brattleboro Food Co-op Community Room, 7 Canal St. Information: 802-246-2821; Click to e-mail for more information.
BRATTLEBORO Guilford Cares Seniors Walk along the West River Trail: Meet and walk with Mark Mikolas, author of "A Beginners Guide to Identifying Trees of the Northeast." The trail is flat, pace will be leisurely, stopping frequently to share Mark's observations. We'll turn around at the I-91 bridge. 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. From Marina Restaurant rear parking lot, go a half-mile along the river and look for trailhead at clearing before the cornfield. Free. Marina Restaurant, 28 Spring Tree Rd. Information: 802-579-1350, gcares@comcast.net.
BRATTLEBORO "Managing Health Care Expenses in Retirement- What Baby Boomers Need to Know About Medicare and Long-Term Care": A health care crisis is looming in this country, and it is essential for baby boomers to understand what one needs to do to prepare for it financially: How Medicare enrollment periods work and what you need to do to avoid late-enrollment penalties. How much you can expect to pay in health care costs after going onto Medicare. How Medicare works with private insurance to provide comprehensive coverage. Why most people pay too much for private insurance and how you can avoid excess costs. Why you must plan for higher health care costs in retirement — including the possibility of needing long-term care. No specific insurance or investment products will be discussed. Speaker: David B. Twombly from Twombly Wealth Management Group. 7 p.m. Free. Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St. Reservations recommended: 802-254-5290 x 1201, starr@brookslibraryvt.org.

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(2016) 50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know is your guide to the biggest questions and deepest concepts from across the whole of science. What was the Big Bang? How did life on Earth arise? What does quantum mechanics tell us about the universe? Is true artificial intelligence possible? And does life exist on other planets?
Moving from the basics of atoms and molecules, Newton's laws of physics and the building blocks of life to the cutting edge of nanotechnology, Einstein's theories of relativity and cloning, this book makes the many worlds of science accessible and illuminating. Featuring fifty concise, insightful and illustrated essays covering physics and astronomy, Earth and life sciences, chemistry and materials, psychology and computing, and exploring the ways they connect with each other and impact on our lives, 50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know is the ideal introduction to the questions which fascinate us all
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package breadth_first_search.min_steps;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.PriorityQueue;
import java.util.Queue;

public class Q675CutOffTreesForGolfEvent {

    //Difficulty: hard
    //TAG: Amazon
    //TAG: bfs

    /**
     * 675. Cut Off Trees for Golf Event
     * You are asked to cut off trees in a forest for a golf event. The forest is represented as a non-negative 2D map, in this map:
     *
     * 0 represents the obstacle can't be reached.
     * 1 represents the ground can be walked through.
     * The place with number bigger than 1 represents a tree can be walked through, and this positive number represents the tree's height.
     *
     *
     * You are asked to cut off all the trees in this forest in the order of tree's height - always cut off the tree with lowest height first. And after cutting, the original place has the tree will become a grass (value 1).
     *
     * You will start from the point (0, 0) and you should output the minimum steps you need to walk to cut off all the trees. If you can't cut off all the trees, output -1 in that situation.
     *
     * You are guaranteed that no two trees have the same height and there is at least one tree needs to be cut off.
     *
     * Example 1:
     *
     * Input:
     * [
     *  [1,2,3],
     *  [0,0,4],
     *  [7,6,5]
     * ]
     * Output: 6
     *
     *
     * Example 2:
     *
     * Input:
     * [
     *  [1,2,3],
     *  [0,0,0],
     *  [7,6,5]
     * ]
     * Output: -1
     *
     *
     * Example 3:
     *
     * Input:
     * [
     *  [2,3,4],
     *  [0,0,5],
     *  [8,7,6]
     * ]
     * Output: 6
     * Explanation: You started from the point (0,0) and you can cut off the tree in (0,0) directly without walking.
     *
     *
     * Hint: size of the given matrix will not exceed 50x50.
     */

    /*
    Solution:
    min steps should use dp or bfs, due to we could walk to 4 directions, then bfs is the right way

    save all values > 1 means tree height in a min priority queue, due to need do from smallest to largest

    every time when bfs find current value is the pq.peek(), reset the queue start new bfs from current node
    otherwise do bfs and add steps each loop

    Time: O(n + klogk) k is all values > 1
    Space: O(n) assume 1 node and n will be larger than k
     */

    public int cutOffTree(List<List<Integer>> forest) {
        if (forest == null || forest.size() == 0) return -1;
        PriorityQueue<Integer> pq = new PriorityQueue<>();
        for (List<Integer> list: forest) {
            for (int num: list) {
                if (num > 1) pq.offer(num);
            }
        }
        System.out.println(pq.peek());
        int row = forest.size(), col = forest.get(0).size();
        Queue<int[]> queue = new LinkedList<>();
        boolean[][] visited = new boolean[row][col];
        if (forest.get(0).get(0) > 0) {
            queue.offer(new int[]{0, 0});
            visited[0][0] = true;
        }
        int[][] dirs = new int[][]{{-1, 0}, {1, 0}, {0, -1}, {0, 1}};
        int step = 0;
        while (!queue.isEmpty() && !pq.isEmpty()) {
            int size = queue.size();
            while (size-- > 0) {
                if (pq.isEmpty()) return step;
                int[] poll = queue.poll();
                int x = poll[0], y = poll[1], val = forest.get(x).get(y);
                if (val == pq.peek()) {
                    pq.poll();
                    queue.clear();
                    size = 0;
                    step--;
                    queue.offer(new int[]{x, y});
                    visited = new boolean[row][col];
                    visited[x][y] = true;
                    System.out.println("x: " + x + " y : " + y);
                    System.out.println("step: " + step);
                } else {
                    for (int[] dir: dirs) {
                        int m = x + dir[0], n = y + dir[1];
                        if (m >= 0 && m < row && n >= 0 && n < col &&
                                !visited[m][n] && forest.get(m).get(n) != 0) {
                            visited[m][n] = true;
                            queue.offer(new int[]{m, n});
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            step++;
        }
        return pq.isEmpty() ? step : -1;
    }

}

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Q: Understanding of Ordinal Proposition: $\emptyset =0$ is the least element of ordinal.
I know intuitively that this is obvious. Yet, how can we prove it?
Note that I don't want to use an 'assume not' method.

A: The order on the ordinals are defined so that $x < y$ iff $x \in y$.
The nullset has no elements, so there cannot be some ordinal that is less than the nullset.

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Q: Git Repository in Team Foundation Server - Create Sub-Repository? newbie to TFS and Git here...sorry for the (potentially) silly question!!
My Team Foundation Server (Version 15.117.26714.0) Administrator set up a Git repository for my team and it works great! (I can even access our TFS website! Sweeet!)
But, rather than have all of the programmers store code in the SAME "main" repository, is it possible to create a "sub-repositories under the main repository" or "folders under the main repository" so that I can keep everything neat and organized...and no one ever has to download the full repository?  Or is it a matter of just creating more repositories not under the "main" repository?
Just being a neat freak here!
Thanks in advance for any help/pointers!!

A: In general, a Git repo should be self-contained. One repo = one application.
If sharing code or other resources across repositories becomes necessary, you can use submodules to store a "pointer" to another repository. However, submodules are generally a pain to manage. You definitely don't want to have one "Main" repo with a ton of submodules pointing to other repositories.
I'd recommend starting with the least amount of complexity. You can always split a monorepo up into multiple smaller repos down the line.

A: You can try below ways:

*

*Use submodules as Daniel said. Refer to this article for details :
One TFS Build, Multiple Git Repositories with Submodules

*Create more repositories to keep everything neat and organized.

*Create multiple branches within a Git repository (Delete unneeded
files in each branches, then publish the proper files to each of them
for management.)

Thus, you can select the specific repository/branch to download as needed.


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Over the years, David Mexico had become renowned for creating a new paradigm in architecture and design. During his 30 years in the design and architecture industries, David's drive, passion and dedication amazed his contemporaries the world over. He amassed an impressive repertoire of accomplishments and contributed his vision to countless award- winning projects. His talent was fostered while still attending River Rouge High School and further honed at both Lawrence Tech University and the University of Michigan. After college he joined Peterhansrea-Design in Birmingham, Michigan as a Senior Designer. Shortly thereafter, he joined Rockwell Group in New York, designing entertainment spaces, restaurants and clubs, master planning and brand creation. As Principal and Studio Leader with Rockwell, he fostered one of the most diverse and talented teams within the firm and created design strategies that were later considered groundbreaking. In 2011, David formed the David Mexico Design Group, where he continued to push boundaries within the design industry, specializing in master planning and branding. Throughout his distinguished career, David had worked on more than 800 projects, won countless awards, spoken at some of the world's most prestigious conferences, and garnered universal praise. Among David's most renowned projects are: Westin Nashville, Crystals at CityCenter in Las Vegas, the Disney Cruise Line, Nobu Restaurants, Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, Emeril Lagasse restaurants in New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami and Orlando, Sushi Samba Rio in Chicago, Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill restaurants in Las Vegas and the Bahamas, Bar American in New York and Connecticut, Watercolor Inn in Florida, Heinz Stadium Master Plan and Concourse Grand Hall in Pittsburgh, Comerica Park in Detroit, designing the Phantom of the Opera Theater and stage set in Toronto/Las Vegas (which fulfilled his dream of set design) and set design for the movie Team America: World Police.
David lived life to its fullest and always led the way. He was regarded as a rockstar by his friends and family. Some of his adventures included participating in a Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp (playing with Roger Daltrey, Slash, Jack Bruce, and others), skiing, snowmobiling, dirt biking, riding the Baja 1000, sport car enthusiast, U of M tailgates, Tiger Opening Day with family/friends, deer camp with family/friends, the annual Huey Golf Tournament with family, maintaining his childhood friendships (taking their adventures to the next level), flying lessons and worldwide travel (over 13 million miles flown). He will also be remembered for his style and incredible sense of humor. Without question, David had the biggest heart and wanted to share his experiences with those he loved. If you are ever fortunate enough to step foot into one of David's past projects, look for his initials "DAM". David passed away suddenly at the age of 54 on December 13, 2020, survived by his parents Alvin and Nancy (Ratzenberger) Mexico, brother Alvin Mexico (Kim) and sister Michele Mancine (Michael), 1 niece (Lauren Mexico), 1 nephew (Justin Mexico, David's Godchild), 47 cousins, Godfather to Raleigh Smith, numerous Sigma PI fraternity brothers, and many, many friends across the globe. Due to the concerns of COVID-19, a celebration of David's life will be organized at a later date, both in Michigan and New York. Chris Smith (good friend, who was present with David in his final moments) plans to honor David's legacy with a tour of NYC, visiting his favorite stops, sharing stories along the way. Friends and family are welcome, just as David would have wanted. Time to be determined.
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Rest In Peace David, you will be missed.
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Al, Nancy, Al Jr & Michele I still can't believe David is gone. You all are like family to me. After all I raised you kids for quite a few years. When David was still in high school and he came over and put up all the molding in my basement. I always told Nancy and Al that when he became famous I would tell everybody I knew him when......I'm keeping all of you close to my heart and in my prayers. Love Sharron
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jerry prato
jerry prato so sorry for the loss of David,he will be in my prayers,
God bless him and his family.
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Blessings upon the family and all who were friends and colleagues of this determined, caring and creative young man. Our college years are filled with opportunities and challenges that make for wonderful memories. Ken, Niels and I met David and host of wonderful soon to be friends as freshmen at Lawrence Tech. Upon making his acquaintance you knew David was special and destined to make is mark on the world. Of many DAM stories that could be shared the one that always comes to mind is David's out of context introduction of an "engineered palm tree" to an architectural design project during sophomore year. This was emblematic of his approach to design. Thank you Dave for making the world a better place with daring designs and a dazzling smile. Rest well!
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Ratings and Review: 2017 Nissan Titan Half-ton pickup truck plays big-league ball
Ratings and Review: 2017 Nissan Titan
BY Jim Resnick
Updated: Friday, October 28, 2016, 3:07 PM
Nothing, not even baseball with its strong international pull, is as American as the full-size pickup truck.
With over 2.5 million full-size pickups sold in the U.S. last year, it represents a juggernaut of a segment. Ford alone sold 780,354 F-150 pickups in 2015, while Chevy and GMC together sold over 824,000, so those who dare to challenge the leaders in this slice of the American pie risk embarrassment or real triumph.
Talk about an uphill climb.
Debuting for 2017, Nissan's new V8-powered Titan half-ton pickup challenges the Ford and Chevy sales leviathans.
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Yet, it makes complete business sense to dive into big-game pickups. Roughly two-thirds of GM's and Ford's total operating profit in North America comes from pickups. Toyota entered the big game in 1993 with the full-size T100 (now Tundra) and Nissan could then no longer stand idly by, debuting its Titan in 2004.
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Though nowhere near the production volume of the Ford and GM trucks, Nissan stuffed a lot of eggs into this basket with the all-new, heavy-duty Titan XD last year and the new half-ton Titan for 2017. So, in this case, Davey doesn't need to conquer Goliath, he merely needs to kick him in the shins.
I spent a week with the 2017 Nissan Titan half-ton to find the warts and the wins.
Design: 8.3 rating
Some people see Ford design influence, but the new Nissan Titan's styling is more subtle than both Ford's F-150 and Chevrolet's Silverado.
From a design standpoint, the pickup truck's form is minimally pliable. There's only so much you can do with it, since functionality is 99 percent of the game. But over the last 10 or so years, designers have been able to carve out greater distinction in the pickup truck's front end, grille and lighting. Hood height has grown, too.
Here, the Titan shows a bit of reservation compared to its competition. Some critics have dinged the Titan for mimicking the Ford F-150's appearance, but, in fact, the only common elements are fog lights set low and wide in the bumpers and openings in the center of both bumpers. The grille shapes are different (wide at the top on the Titan and wide at the bottom on the Ford), and light shapes are markedly different, too.
The Titan's not nearly as brash and furrow-browed as a Ford or Chevrolet, but it strikes a bold face with a prominent grille backed by active grille shutters that help to lower aerodynamic drag by as much as 10 percent over the old Titan. Nissan also leaves a bit of subtlety to the headlights, which pull back around the corners, where the current Chevrolet stands squared shouldered, front-facing and unsubtle.
Aside from a small, easily overlooked bit of flare at the lower regions of the wheel well openings, the Titan hits all the required dimensions in a sober fashion. Wheel design gives some surface texture to an otherwise very smooth-appearing body. Fords and Chevys have much more side sculpture, with aggressive and squared off wheel openings in the Chevy' case and dimpled and rounded openings on the Ford. Score the Titan "subtle" in this company.
Gallery: 2017 Nissan Titan Photos
Inside, the Titan reflects a function-forward philosophy. Though there's faux woodgrain set into the dash in front of the passenger and at the extreme left side of the dash in front of the driver, no other questionable design calls have been made here.
Contrasted stitching peppers the dash top, the seats and the center console lid and reminds me of western themes. The Titan's upper vents, as well as the steering wheel and the door pull trim are flat silver plastic, which sounds like a recipe for cheapness, but they do not actually feel cheap. The two main gauges are also ringed in highly reflective silver, giving off a feeling of precision to the instruments.
Nissan's come a long way in interior quality the last decade and the Titan exhibits this well, but there are small concerns. Some sharp edges can be found where you would normally not find your fingers – under and behind some plastic trim bits, for example – but most of the Titan's touch points are satisfying, even for a standard passenger car, let alone a truck.
I found one rattle and a couple of ill-fitting panels, but nothing egregious. One low-grade bit is a rather cheap-looking blank panel on top of the instrument hood on the dash top, blocking what seems to be a dugout for an absent head-up display unit. Also, without the weight and resistance of a front passenger in the front seat, the seat back shook back and forth, rattling on bump impacts to the extent that I checked the bolts for tightness at the seat's base. They were indeed tight, so the seat itself was at fault.
Comfort: 8.0 rating
The new Titan provides enormous room and comfort, even for long-distance days at the wheel.
As for everyday livability, Nissan's got a winner. You won't mistake the Titan's interior for an Infiniti's, but then again, what Infiniti can tow the equivalent of two Titans behind it?
Extremely quiet and equipped with supportive seats, the Titan's cabin rarely reflects its truck roots. Like with most modern pickups, I'm always floored by the near-luxury ride, quietness and utter convenience while delivering fully capable, roughneck mountaineer duty.
The Titan offers room for, well, a Titan. Part of the SL trim level, leather seats offer multiple adjustments and plenty of expanse for big, burly folks. The seats only lack cooling for a luxe-plus rating.
Scads of elbow room and a low dashboard height impart a general airiness in the cabin, even though the test truck's interior was very, very black. As a six-foot, one-inch, 190-pounder with stupid-long legs, I enjoyed far more than ample legroom, headroom and personal space during an extended 700-mile highway drive.
Rear seating is quite comfortable, even for big guys. I have a Friday lunch with some sports-car mechanic friends and all five of us fit into the Titan with room to spare. No awkward-male hip-touching moments are to be had in this Nissan.
Controls: 7.0 rating
Switches and buttons are well-placed, though the steering wheel-mounted volume toggle is difficult to decipher without a peek down.
Most of the Titan's switchgear and button placement is of good quality, tactility and decipherability. Nissan's infotainment system display screen, at only 7 inches across, could stand some growth hormones. It's simply too small, especially given the truck's name.
If there's one minor, but repeatedly annoying aspect in everyday use, it's the steering wheel-mounted volume toggle. All the Titan's wheel-mounted switches are a bit fussy and are not intuitively laid out. Nor are they highly tactile. But the audio volume control – the most frequently adjusted item in a car – is located near the bottom of the wheel's left spoke and requires you to visually look for it rather than locate it by feel because it is indistinct from adjacent switches.
Other than this nitpick, all controls and switches are well marked and logical. Buttons are even large enough for those with sausage-sized fingers.
Utility: 10.0 rating
The Titan's business end features adjustable cleats, LED lighting, 120-volt power, and multi-configurable toolbox accessories to make the cargo bed ready for just about anything, including race engines.
Of course, the reason you buy a pickup is for the biggest cargo space in automobiledom. All pickups provide the space, but the Titan's lined bed supplies fore-aft adjustable cleats at the top of the bed for tie down use, in addition to the fixed eyelets in the bed. It also has bunks that run the length of the bed which also accept those cleats and LED lighting to light it up at night.
Powerful enough for some power tools, there's a 120-volt AC electric outlet within the bed, as well. The Titan is easily capable of swallowing 4' x 8' sheets of plywood, tag-along tool boxes that unbolt, furniture sets or, in my case, race car engines.
Storage space inside the Titan's cab is plentiful. Two center console spaces, eight cup holders, door pockets, a large glove box, plus underseat storage all runneth the cubby cup over.
As in most modern pickups, the center console storage space is huge, but a 13-inch laptop cannot drop into that storage well and lay flat at the bottom. However, that laptop can actually fit at the very top of the space on some unbeknownst rests, while still allowing the console lid to latch closed. I don't know that Nissan intended for this capability, but it enables maximum storage of about 2 cubic feet of space. On each side of the center console are small storage spaces for papers, tissues and any small sundry items like sunblock, etc.
The Titan's rear seat bottom can actually do more than a Ford F-150's. It lifts up and out of the way, revealing an optional underseat storage binnacle with dividers, providing secure space for tools, bottles or cans that could otherwise roll around. Unlike some competitors, the rear seatback also folds forward in order to provide a thin but long space for flat objects like contractor blueprints, signs and the like. Also, by folding it down, the rear seatback can provide a short-term, desk-like workspace.
Technology: 8.0 rating
The new Titan's infotainment screen is too small, at just seven inches across. The navigation system's graphics are not on par with the competition, either.
Rockford Fosgate is Nissan's audio partner and the Titan hits the volume hard with 12 speakers including a large and deeply thumping subwoofer. Navigation is adequate in terms of operation and presentation but Ford's and GM's systems have stronger, higher-resolution graphics and quicker reactions.
The Titan is behind on some technology. It does not offer Apple CarPlay or Android Auto capability whereas the chief competition does. However, 4G Wi-Fi is an option, as is Nissan's Around View Monitor system. This gives an aerial view down at the vehicle to determine front, side and rear obstacles when parking. It works in conjunction with proximity sensors to detect objects in the rear.
Safety: Not Rated
Blind spot warning and rear cross-traffic alert are available, but forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking are not. The reversing camera is standard.
The new Titan is equipped with a standard reversing camera and offers a blind spot warning system with rear cross-traffic alert. Forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking are not available, but Nissan tells me both systems are on the way.
My test truck had blind spot monitor and rear cross-traffic alert system, and they worked well. One caveat, though: When you have both a reversing camera and expansive windows, you may think the coast is clear when reversing until you realize that anything or any person shorter than about four and a half feet tall is virtually invisible to you at your rear sides beyond the truck bed (so, even with the technology aboard, exercise care.)
Since the 2017 Titan is a new model, it has not yet been rated in crash testing, and so we've reserved an overall rating for safety until the federal government and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) assess this truck.
Power and Performance: 7.8 rating
The Titan's 5.6-liter gasoline V-8 makes 390 horsepower and slightly more torque, enabling a tow rating of up to 9,390 pounds.
The 2017 Titan houses a revised 5.6-liter V-8 engine belting out 390 horsepower, 394 lb.-ft. of torque, and sounding for all the world like a roaring muscle car. (A 5.0-liter Cummins V-8 turbocharged diesel churning out 310 horsepower and 555 lb.-ft. of torque is optional only for the Titan XD.) The gas V-8 also enables the Titan to tow 9,390 pounds, a mite shy of its American big-game hunter compatriots. Ford's closest equivalent F-150 2WD V-8 model can haul 11,000 pounds, for example.
For truck buyers requiring big-league towing and payload capacity, it's better to look to the heavier duty Titan XD than saddle the half-ton Titan with such rigors. With the Titan XD, cooling systems, brakes, transmissions, axles, suspensions even the frame itself are geared specifically for that kind of use. In short, if the trailer you're towing is twice your truck's weight, you should be considering a heavy-duty truck.
The Titan's 5.6-liter gas V-8 does sometimes display an odd behavior under acceleration. The throttle reacts with a delayed tip-in from first gear, especially when accelerating from a slow creep, as one would when waiting for opposing traffic to pass before making a left turn. Under these rather commonplace circumstances, a whole foot full of throttle is needed for brisk acceleration; much more than you'd anticipate based on the vehicle's responsiveness in other conditions.
Turns out I wasn't imagining things. Speaking to Nissan's Brent Hagan, the Titan Product Planning Manager, I learned the Titan uses a "re-acceleration" engine control strategy aimed at maximum fuel efficiency. Engaging the Tow/Haul switch on the column shifter engages a straighter, more linear and direct throttle response under the circumstance I described.
During one long, 700-mile highway blast from Phoenix to Southern California and back to pick up some vintage sports car parts (is there a better pick-up duty than this?), I uncovered a veiled Titan strength. The truck returned a mildly astounding 18.5 mpg average, and that's running with the flow of traffic between 75 and 90 mph. Officially rated at 21-mpg highway and 18-mpg in combined driving, no big truck I've ever witnessed has delivered mileage results this positive on the highway, and at those speeds. Conversely, on a combined suburban loop, the Titan mustered just 13.6 mpg, quite a bit below its EPA rating of 15 mpg in the city.
If you don't need a V-8 engine, Nissan will supply a naturally aspirated V-6 engine for the half-ton Titan later in 2017.
Ride and Handling: 7.25 rating
Some moments of suspension upset over undulating surfaces mar the Titan's otherwise stable poise over smooth roads.
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Being a Titan with some Titanic tendencies, Nissan's big truck understandably refuses to zip around corners and generally behave like a go-kart. No pickup does.
Indeed, the Titan's suspension is calibrated for towing, hauling and slogging – and it performs those dance moves well. However, undulating, wavy surfaces upset the truck's suspension to a degree not experienced in other pickups that I've recently driven, including the Ford F-150 and Chevy Silverado. While it's beefy, the Titan's suspension also becomes unsettled easier than others on mediocre and poor surfaces.
Smooth highways can be reeled in with sport sedan-like pace, however, and braking effectiveness is stellar. The Titan could use a bit more steering lock, enabling a sharper creeping-speed turning circle.
Nissan's new 2017 Titan is a stand-up double, perhaps even a triple in baseball parlance.
Nissan has bet a small part of its American farm on the new 2017 Titan, yet the company is under no illusion that it really lives or dies with bigger-volume vehicles like the Altima sedan and Rogue crossover. The pull of the pickup truck is compelling, though. Proving that point, even Mercedes-Benz is getting into the game, though early indications are that its new X-Class will not be sold in America.
While we're on the subject of America, let us not forget that this Nissan is Japanese in name only. The Titan was designed and engineered in the U.S., and is built in the States. On this score, it competes well in truck-infested waters.
Though the Titan is not clearly better than the Ford F-150, I cannot state the same when considering a Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra. I'd certainly rate Nissan's effort above the Ram 1500, though with its own Cummins diesel option, the Ram has a small but loyal fan base.
Despite a few complaints, like the aforementioned suspension funkiness, a transmission that veils true power under certain conditions and a lack of the latest safety options like forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, I'd still recommend the new Nissan Titan half-ton, especially if you prefer your trucking done with a bit more subtlety than others.
After all, a swift kick to Goliath's shins may be all the success you need.
Total Vehicle Score:145/180 points
Overall Vehicle Rating: 8.1
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Exclusive — Ohio 15th Congressional District Special Election Shows Strong Republican Enthusiasm Heading into Midterms
Carey for Congress
Republicans in Ohio's 15th Congressional District previewed strong GOP enthusiasm Tuesday, outpacing Democrats in voting in the district's special election primary.
The party is looking to gain back control of the House by massively outperforming Democrats turnout in the 2022 midterms.
Republicans in the special election far outpaced Democrats with voting in-person three-to-one, and voting absentee or early two-to-one. This highlights the enthusiasm from Republicans leading into the November 2021 special election and looking toward the fast-approaching 2022 midterms.
In total, there were over 50 thousand Republican voters in an 11-way primary compared to the Democrats with just over 16 thousand votes with only two candidates.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican candidate Mike Carey who saw a double-digit victory garnering 37 percent of the vote. His closest competitor received 13.3 percent of the vote, Ballotpedia data showed.
In receiving 37 percent of the vote (18,652 votes), Carey, a coal industry lobbyist, still received more votes than all votes cast in the Democrat primary.
Carey was able to build a large grassroots operation and had continued leading in preparation for the special election when he will face the Democrat, Allison Russo, in a head-to-head match.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) National Press Secretary Emma Vaughn exclusively told Breitbart News that "Tuesday's results in Ohio prove what Republicans have been saying – Americans across the country are continuing to reject Biden's failed policies and are turning towards Republicans' proven message."
"The Republican Party is firing on all cylinders and we look forward to carrying this momentum into the midterms when we take back the House and Senate," Vaughn added.
Additionally, in the first six months of the election cycle leading up to 2022, the RNC has already made multi-million dollar investments into their data-driven ground game operation. The RNC's huge investment is putting its ground game ahead of the midterms.
The RNC told Breitbart News that the committee has already hired 100 staffers to be in the field and local community centers so they can promote strong minority engagement to complement its "strategic data and digital investments."
In preparation for the midterms, where they are looking to take the House back, the RNC has also made another multi-million dollar commitment for their continued effort in reaching out to the Asian-Pacific American, black, and Hispanic communities in key battleground districts across the county.
The committee has already opened two "Regional Engagement Centers" earlier this summer in Orange County, California, and in Cleveland, Ohio, but there are more to come.
In Orange County, Reps. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Young Kim (R-CA) both flipped seats to become among the first Asian American women to serve in Congress. Both congresswomen praised the center for opening, according to the Hill.
In Cleveland, when the center opened, RNC Co-Chair Tommy Hicks tweeted pictures and wrote, "Lots of smiles all around at the opening of the RNC's black American community center in Cleveland! Our party looks more like America than ever before, and we're working hard to keep growing."
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Beijing Capital Museum
Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.
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Despite its downright futuristic exterior, the Beijing Capitol Museum allows visitors to take a free stroll through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.
Housed before 2006 at the actual Confucius Temple in Beijing, the collection of the Beijing Capital Museum includes ancient Chinaware, jade statues, paintings, and numerous likenesses of the Buddha. Of the over 200,000 piece collection, only around 5,600 pieces are on permanent display, with the rest being stored out of sight of visitors.
These viewable pieces are displayed in a six-story building which is modern in design, but ancient in architectural origin. An overhanging roof imitates the imperial Chinese architectural style, a decorative Ming Dynasty-era arch is embedded into the entrance hall, and stones used in the floor construction were even quarried in the town of Fangshan, an ancient supplier of building material. The first five floors are composed of a rectangular and oval hall, each showcasing different works of archeology and art. The sixth floor contains only the oval gallery, which is raised above the museum's wide, flat roof.
The Beijing Capital Museum celebrates the long arc of Chinese and East Asian history, with an emphasis on the region's rich, artful culture. And thanks to its vast collection, the museum routinely swaps out the contents of several halls for new pieces from the archives, guaranteeing a new experience for returning travelers.
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CANADA's FIRST FILIPINO RESTAURANT MONTH STARTS ON APRIL 1st
By Eleanor R. Laquian /
The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver, headed by Hon. Maria Andrelita Austria, has confirmed that Filipino restaurants all over Canada will observe Filipino Restaurant Month starting on April 1stuntil April 30. Some participating restaurants in Vancouver include:
Kumare
Plato Filipino
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The full list of participating restaurants will be released closer to the start of Filipino Restaurant Month. This project, which will be jointly sponsored by the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa and the Philippine Consulates General in Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver, will highlight Filipino cuisine, ingredients, chefs, and restaurants throughout Canada.
"Filipino Restaurant Month aims to introduce and promote the Philippines to the Canadian mainstream market as a destination for unique gastronomic experiences by featuring the rich Filipino cuisine and food as cultural heritage through partner restaurants across Canada," says Soleil Tropicales, Tourism Attaché of Philippine Department of Tourism.
In April, select Filipino restaurants in Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, and Ottawa will offer prix fixe menus, allowing diners to explore the extraordinary flavors of this unique and much-loved cuisine. Filipino cuisine is a combination of many tastes predominantly sour and sweet. Most dishes start with sautéed garlic, onions and tomatoes.
What is Filipino cuisine?
Adobo is considered the Philippine national dish. There are as many ways of cooking it as there are cooks but the basic ingredients are pork, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, black pepper and bay leaves. There are many variations – with chicken, pork with chicken, or beef. Beef adobo when cooked with coconut milk and without soy sauce is called adobado. But the ultimate festive fair is a whole roasted pig called lechon served with a thick liver sauce. Left-over lechon is made into paksiw na lechon.
From my cookbook, Filipino Cooking Abroad, here's a description of Filipino cuisine: Like Canadian Filipinos, Filipino cooking is a blend of East and West. It reflects the history of the islands. On a Malayan base, Chinese, Japanese, Hindu, Spanish and American ingredients have been added through centuries of foreign influence and, surprisingly, a blend with an identity of its own has emerged. Native Filipino cooking is not too spicy. Many of the dishes are remarkably close to native fares in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. For example, the Filipino sinigang is very similar to Thailand's tom yam and Indonesia's sayur asam. The basic staple is rice, served steamed and plain. Main source of protein is fish which abound in oceans, lakes, streams, and ponds surrounding the more than 7,000 islands that make up the archipelago. No Filipino meal is complete without dessert whether it is a simple fruit or prepared sweets from glutinous rice and coconut milk.
Although Filipino culture is homogeneous, there are specific differences in cooking and food preferences that readily identifies the regional identity of many dishes. Northern Luzon cooking is very simple relying mainly on native vegetables such as saluyot and a bit of fish or meat and bagoong, fermented shrimps, for flavor. Examples are pinakbet, dinendeg or inabraw. Central Plains, close to Manila, inhabited by Tagalogs and Pampangos, whose cooking is marked by clever combinations of different ingredients in a single dish with rich sauces. They are famous for rellenong bangus (stuffed milkfish), morcon, embutido and, caldereta, made with young goat meat. Southern Tagalog cooking is influenced by their main product, coconut, and the availability of fresh water fish – dalag (mudfish), catfish, tilapia, kanduli. Their cooking uses sour fruits like kamias, tamarind and overripe guavas for sinigang. They are famous for their rice cakes using glutinous rice, coconut milk and cane sugar or panocha. Bicol on the southern tip of Luzon is notable for its use of coconut milk and hot chilies. Such as laing made from gabi leaves, coconut milk and chili peppers. Visayas region, composed of many small islands, thrive on salt water seafoods served as kinilaw. It is noted for dried salted seafoods like kalkag, daing na posit and tuyo. Their food is seasoned with guinamos, similar to bagoong but thicker. Mindanao is largely inhabited by Muslim Filipinos. Their food is closely similar to Indonesian and Malaysian fare with hot chilies and curry. As in piarun, tiola sapi and lapua.
The interaction of Philippine traditional cooking and foreign influences may be seen in Spanish paella seasoned with patis (fermented fish sauce) and soy cauce. The Filipino versions of Chinese noodles is called pancit luglug, pancit bihon, and pancit canton, and for their egg roll, Filipinos have lumpiang sariwa, and lumpiang Shanhai. The Filipino take on the Spanish boiled dinner cocido, is puchero, always served with a dipping sauce of mashed broiled eggplant seasoned with vinegar and mashed garlic. For dessert, they learned leche flan and budin from their Spanish colonizers and cakes, pies and cookies from the Americans, but mango pie and mango cake are their own concoctions. The blending of traditional Filipino cooking and foreign borrowings is generally tasty without being spicy, simple but not bare, exciting but not strange, and delicious without being too rich nor fattening.
Since the proof of the pudding is in the eating, this year's Filipino Restaurant Month in Canada may just prove to those adventurous enough to dine out that the best in East and West has been achieved in Filipino cuisine.
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Eleanor R. Laquian has written four best-selling books, and co-authored four others with husband Prod Laquian. She has served in various capacities at the University of British Columbia's Institute of Asian Research as manager of administration and programs; editor and chair, publications committee; and primary researcher of the Asian Immigration to Canada project. She has a degree in journalism from Maryknoll College in the Philippines, and a master's degree in public administration from the University of the Philippines.
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San Francisco Giants win Sweep the D'backs
By Luke Corvello
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 06: Alen Hanson #19 of the San Francisco Giants rounds the bases after he hit a two-run home run to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park on June 6, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
The San Francisco Giants had themselves a weekend, as they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks and are now just 2.5 games out of first place.
Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks was a team effort and it was huge victory for the San Francisco Giants. Coming into Friday's opener the Giants knew that this was a make or break series and they certainly showed up. This series was a huge telling of where the season is heading because if the Giants were swept, they would've been 8.5 games out of first place. Now only 2.5 games out of first place, the Giants will soon welcome back starting pitchers, Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija. With those two healthy arms, the Giants are a force to be reckoned with in the National League.
This team has battled all season long with injuries and has shown resilience every single time. Nick Hundley, the backup catcher to Buster Posey has been a huge boost to the team, as today he provided some offensive fire providing three hits. The Giants can afford to rest Posey when they have a backup like Hundley, who is arguably the best back up in the league.
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The starting rotation has been the big surprise this year, as guys who weren't expected to contribute this season have made a significant impact.
Guys like Andrew Suarez and Dereck Rodriguez have been huge boosts to the rotation as well as Derek Holland, who always had potential but was always hindered by injuries. Holland, who struggled today has had the best ERA on the team over the past month. Suarez and Rodriguez pitched the other two games against the Diamondbacks and they pitched incredible in victories. It will be interesting how the rotation pans out once Samardzija and Cueto are back from injuries.
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The Giants continue their road trip tomorrow against another National League West foe in the Rockies. Madison Bumgarner will toe the rubber and will look to keep up this momentum towards keeping pace in the National League West.


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I remember when I experienced similar feelings. I not only worried about my children's physical safety, but also about their spiritual safety in the midst of such an ungodly culture. God taught me an important lesson that applies to both our fears.


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Madison Janis Leisle (* 2. Juni 1999) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

Leben und Karriere
Madison Leisle wurde im Juni 1999 als jüngste von drei Geschwistern geboren. Sie hat zwei ältere Brüder, die ebenfalls Schauspieler sind. Ihr Schauspieldebüt gab sie 2005 im Pilotfilm zur UPN-Serie The Studio, gefolgt von kleineren Rollen im Fernsehfilm Liebe löst den Schmerz und im Kurzfilm Shades of Grey. 2007 absolvierte sie in der Serie Grey's Anatomy zwei Gastauftritte als Lisa im Kindesalter. 2009 stand sie für den Kurzfilm The City of Lights, einer Episode der Krimiserie The Mentalist, sowie für drei Episoden der Mysteryserie Ghost Whisperer – Stimmen aus dem Jenseits als Julia Miller vor der Kamera. Für den Kurzfilm konnte sie bei den Young Artist Awards 2010 den Award als Beste Schauspielerin in einem Kurzfilm gewinnen und wurde darüber hinaus für die Nebenrolle in Ghost Whisperer als Beste wiederkehrende Schauspielerin in einer Fernsehserie nominiert. 2010 folgte eine Rolle als Tarah im Kurzfilm A Fire in a Dovecot, eine im Spielfilm Tötet Katie Malone und eine kurze Gastrolle bei Criminal Minds. Ebenfalls 2010 erhielt sie eine Hauptrolle als Mitschülerin bzw. Joker in der Quiz-Gameshow Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, in der die Kandidaten mit Hilfe von Fünftklässlern Fragen beantworten mussten, um so Geld gewinnen zu können. Für ihre Rolle in Criminal Minds erhielt sie bei den Young Artist Awards 2011 eine Nominierung in der Kategorie Beste Gastdarstellerin in einer Fernsehserie. 2011 war sie bei mehreren Fernsehserien, wie Desperate Housewives und Love Bites, in Gastrollen zu sehen. Ebenfalls 2011 übernahm sie eine größere Nebenrolle in der The-Walking-Dead-Webserie The Walking Dead: Torn Apart, wofür sie letztendlich 2012 ihre zweite Young-Artist-Award-Nominierung als Beste wiederkehrende Schauspielerin in einer Fernsehserie erhielt.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2006: Liebe löst den Schmerz (Love's Abiding Joy, Fernsehfilm)
 2006: Shades of Grey (Kurzfilm)
 2007: Grey's Anatomy (Fernsehserie, zwei Episoden)
 2009: The City of Lights (Kurzfilm)
 2009: The Mentalist (Fernsehserie, Episode 2x03)
 2009: Ghost Whisperer – Stimmen aus dem Jenseits (Ghost Whisperer, Fernsehserie, drei Episoden)
 2010: A Fire in a Dovecot
 2010: Tötet Katie Malone (Kill Katie Malone)
 2010: Criminal Minds (Fernsehserie, Episode 6x10)
 2010–2011: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Fernsehserie)
 2011: Desperate Housewives (Fernsehserie, Episode 7x19)
 2011: Love Bites (Episode 1x06)
 2011: The Walking Dead: Torn Apart (Webserie, sechs Episoden)
 2013: Free Samples

Auszeichnungen und Nominierungen

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 Website von Madison Leisle

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Geboren 1999
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By Evan Perez Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Dec. 29, 2005 12:01 am ET
Delta Air Lines ' pilots union approved a temporary 14% wage cut, opening the way to three months of new talks that will focus on potential changes to work rules. While the interim deal gives both sides some breathing room, the next set of negotiations may stand as the toughest rift to bridge between the cost-cutting airline and its only major union.
The Air Line Pilots Association said the interim agreement with Delta won approval by 58% to 42% among rank-and-file pilots who voted. The deal gives the two sides until the end of March to reach a long-term agreement on wage concessions, after which a three-person arbitration panel could decide whether Delta can dump the pilots' collective-bargaining contract and impose terms.


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Amanda Perret	December 31, 2021
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recently released its seventh annual Merit Shop Scorecard, a ranking based on state policies and programs that encourage workforce development, grow career and technical education, strengthen careers in construction and advocate for fair and open competition for taxpayer-funded construction projects.
Florida returned to the top of the rankings this year based on the state's continued encouragement of fair and open competition and innovative approaches to recruiting and upskilling craft professionals, many of whom see construction as a worthwhile alternative to careers negatively impacted by the pandemic. A year-to-year high performer, Florida ranked fourth in 2020 and claimed the top rank in 2018 and 2019. Arizona followed Florida in second place this year, down from first in 2020. Rounding out the top five, South Carolina ranked third, Georgia ranked fourth and Wisconsin ranked fifth. Other states to receive an A ranking in 2021 include Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee and West Virginia.
The 2021 Building America: The Merit Shop Scorecard rates state laws, programs, policies and statistics in seven categories: project labor agreements, prevailing wage laws, right-to-work laws, public-private partnerships, workforce development, career and technical education and job growth rate.
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Interview with Dr. Deni Bown on her Work on Endangered Tree Species in Nigeria
January 24, 2017 ifsablog Uncategorized 2 Comments
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By Paul Ademujimi Babatunde and Samuel Adeyanju
Deni Bown is a freelance writer, photographer, and consultant. She specializes in botany, gardening, herbs, trees and natural history; her work covers many different aspects of the plant world. Her first book, Ariods, was originally published in 1988 and was followed by two others: Alba: The book of White Flowers and Fine Herbs. She was BBC Wildlife Photographer prize winner in 1989. Currently, she is the head of the Forest Unit at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria.
What informed your decision of starting the project, why did you consider Nigeria and how were you able to convince your institution to fund this project being that the institution was established to research in tropical agriculture?
What happened was in 2009; Dr. John Peacock came to live with his wife who was the Head of Research in in the institution at that time. He is also scientist but he is a desert ecologist, he knows nothing about rainforest at all. When he came to the campus he thought wao! This is interesting; we should have a forest project here. You know, everybody now knows about forest because of deforestation so we are in a real big conservation era. But he does not know anything about forest management. Then, I was coming to live in Nigeria, so that's how he met me and said you are the person we need since you know about trees, plants and forest, and I just came here to volunteer part time and I ended up been here full time. After two years, he left and handed it over to me. It wasn't on the institution plan or strategy but now natural resource management is bigger on their agenda. I'm not involved in any mainstream research of the institution, we have station in every Africa country but really my work in the forest unit is confined here, so I'm still operating on the periphery with a burden. I'm just trying to do what I can on the campus based on what I'm allowed to do remembering this belongs to the government of Nigeria and Nigerian people. Everything we try to do here is to protect the forest because it is seriously threatened by poachers.
As the head of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) forest unit, can you highlight research studies that have been carried out by the forest unit?
My number one job is to protect this small piece of forest and other important trees on the campus. And to also make the campus community aware of the importance of preserving the trees and forest land. After two years when Dr. John Peacock left then I started managing and supervising the project. It was originally three year project, after he left, I had only one year left to manage the project theoretically but then I got funding for year four and five. It was from Leventis Foundation who funds a lot of agriculture and conservation projects in Nigeria. So, after five years they said we normally only fund project for three years and you've had two extra years but now you need to close the forest project and you need to submit new proposals and I did. So, I got funding for those. That's what we are doing; one of the projects was to restore the arboretum as tree Heritage Park. When we were thinking of what trees to put in there, I became aware through contacts I got with my university colleagues that some trees are becoming hard to find.
It took me three years to get the project funded again. A donor called Mohammed Bin Zayad Species Conservation Fund, they only fund endangered species. The project started in November, 2015 and it will end March, 2017. So the first task I had to do is to come up with a list of endangered species for Nigeria. I then contacted colleagues in various institution and organizations. I told them it doesn't have to be an official but what in their own estimation and judgment are trees that have been over exploited and hard to find. So I got emails from people sometimes even a list and started to put together my own list for this project.
We've also done reforestation and forest restoration within the forest here. We've also done reforestation on the degraded farmland and now we are restoring our arboretum and planting trees.
How do you get information on the newest endangered or rare species in Nigeria? And how do you get information on the location of the remaining particular endangered species?
My colleagues who are botanist and foresters from universities give me information on newest endangered species. And we'd a workshop for this project, we'd Former Director of Cross River National Park, foresters, Ekiti State Tree Growers Association, we brought in many people from different levels and communication not just top officials, and a ranger from Okomu National Park who has been a forester right from the colonial era. I get a lot of information from a lot of people. We collect mainly in Omo-Shasha forest reserve, Okomu national park, Quens plot in Akure and any area around here. We go to Ogbomoso also.
What have been your findings?
We got a call on Cola nigerica. It is on critical status. We know there is more population in Omo-Shasha forest reserve but what is happening there is really serious at the moment, there's more encroachment. The areas have been cleared. We have propagated it and fortunately it is not difficult to propagate, nobody has ever tried propagating it. Cola nigerica is going into extinction, we can't allow that. Now, we have it in tree Heritage Park. Diospyros crassiflora, Mansonia altissima, Okoubaka aubrevillei and Pericopsis elata are on endangered status while others are on vulnerable status. We have over 50 species on our list and we have tried to propagate some of them. In the last six months, we've added two or three species including Senegal rosewood which 80 percent of the species have been exported to Asia.
How connected are you to indigenous researchers working on endangered tree species of Nigeria?
We have some PhD students who come along to our workshop but in terms of being involved with our research? Not really. I think the role of the forest unit is to raise awareness so that more people can start to work on this problem. Although we do need the scientific research but most of all what we seriously need urgently is people who are on ground. Now the emphasis here very much is for academic research and publication of papers but meanwhile our natural heritage is just been lost. We also need activists, environmentalists, we need people who will be hands-on and that's what am trying to do. I'm trying to do both. I honestly don't know how many PhD and Post Doc are working on tree species, from what I hear they may be interested in commercially important group such as Mahoganies which are possibly facing commercial extinction in Nigeria. But meanwhile, somebody has to do something on ground. So, we want to build capacity whether with national park, why don't you have a nursery and encourage people? Why don't we do some buffer zone reforestation? This has to be hands-on because we have minimum of three years for a research project, what is the amount of forest and trees you are losing in that time? You know your gain but the research needs to be done at the same time you have to balance that gain with what you are losing on ground. I see the loss on ground getting worse year by year. I see not only with my own eyes, I hear what is happening. Gambari Forest Reserve has gone. You look on the map, Gambari Forest Reserve with nice green space, it's gone! Go there, it is finished! Sapogba Forest Reserve, you go there it is finished. There is nothing left.
What are the challenges you have encountered on this project and how have you been able to surmount them?
Clearing the arboretum is been a huge job. When you get invasive species like Caliandra, Leacena leucocephala, the damage they can do in forest environment is just frightening, they are so dominant over the indigenous species. So, the clearing is a massive and difficult job. Physically, it is quite hard work. We still have problems with poachers because they are very clever. They know where you are looking and where you are not looking. But it's still very well protected forest.
What measures have you put in place to enhance the sustainability of the project?
That is a very good point. The management of the institution has assured me that what we are setting up now, both the tree heritage park and school forest for school kids (kids come from all over the country and they can camp and see forest for themselves), will be maintained and continued as campus assets which will be used by all people not only campus residents nor the institution's staff. We have a lot of interest in that tree school and I have to tell you that we take groups into the forest, even visitors that come here. People are keen to go into the forest, the international visitors and also Nigerian people. We want to set up here where families and schools can come and camp or they can stay in the accommodation we have here if they don't want our camping facility. And then we have things setup, they can go into the forest, learn a lot of things within a short time and they can enjoy the beauty of the environment, just have fun and some contact with nature, medicinal plants and all this useful things. I've had the imagination of what they can enjoy that is not something on the city or something on the screen, so real, what they can feel hands-on.
What is your expert advice to the Nigerian authorities and forestry stakeholders on the need to improve in their conservation efforts?
I think the number one thing is to realize how urgent it is, forest cover in Nigeria is down to four percent. We know from satellite, you can see it. There's almost no area now you can go into that is not degraded, over exploited in one way or the other, either for bush meat or medicinal plant. People are going further and further because things are hard to find. Bush meat is now commercial rather than to support family and village. It is very urgent now with the downturn in the economy, more and more people are going into the forest to get almost everything. You can grow your yam, cassava but vegetable, medicinal plants, bush meat, everything comes from the forest. It is a very good system when your population is not too much, now there is population pressure and the resources are not enough. Most of these plants can be cultivated and if you save your forest reserve, you can restore it and then look at sustainable harvesting. How can we make this sustainable? How can we learn to grow these plants? How can we even set up plantation? How can we set up new forest? But of course, we need to scale up, do it on every community basis. What do you really value? You lose far more than you realize if you lose your forest, you are losing your culture, the beauty of a landscape, sustainability of your agriculture because of fertility, protection of watershed, your climate also changes and it's getting worse. I think you need to realize the urgency of this. Yes, we need research but far more than a person doing research, you need a thousand people on ground doing something about it, starting to propagate, protect, replant. There is an army of people out there, just think of unemployed youths. We just need to realize the urgency and mobilize the people. You also need people with information; you need to give some directions. For example, in this community, what do we prioritize? What do we want most? And see if you can organize everything.
Ademujimi Babatunde Paul is from Ondo state, Nigeria. He is a recent graduate of Forestry and Wood Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He is currently waiting to start his national youth service year and plans to pursue a career in forest genetics or GIS and other computer application to Forestry.
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Nice piece. All hands on deck. All hands on the field. All hands on ground. We need to propagate, to replant. We need to mobilize ourselves for this cause. A lot has been said. A lot damage has been caused. What's the way forward??


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Kate Malone has opened her London studios' doors to Caroline Pey from BRUK360 where she has captured a 360 virtual tour video of Balls Pond Studio in Dalston.
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The filming was such great fun and it seems like Kate has enjoyed the immersive experience of her own studio behind a VR headset, as we can see on a video she has shared with her followers on Instagram.
Oh my. a taste of the future …. was making a virtual reality film of a visit to my studios today … and here I am looking a fool as I was in fact standing on my desk surrounded by my pots…. or I thought I was !!! What an idiot. It is an extraordinary experience…watch this spot for a mention on my web sight that the film can be viewed with 360 degree photos soon. #vr #virtualreality #virtualrealityfilm #thefuture #anotherworld #technology the film is now on my web site.
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Kate Malone is a British studio potter, ceramic artist and judge, along with Keith Brymer Jones, on BBC2's The Great Pottery Throw Down presented by Sara Cox. Malone is known for her large sculptural vessels and rich, bright glazes.
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Malone has said, "pottery is almost as good as sex – it's so physical and so… fantastic".
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Service partially resumed after a derailed train near Xinma Station in Yilan county, Taiwan, was removed on Monday. HUANG SHIH-CI/CHINA TIMES
Overspeed causes Taiwan deadly train derailment: preliminary investigation
A preliminary investigation showed that speeding was the cause to Taiwan"s worst train disaster in decades, which claimed 18 lives and left nearly 200 people injured Sunday.
An official in charge of the investigation said Monday evening that the express train was going too fast when it entered a section of a curved track, before it ran off tracks in Xinma Station, Yilan County. The radius of the curved rails is about 300 meters with a designated turning speed of 75 kph, but the train was running over 80 kph, and perhaps even over 100 kph when the accident happened.
The cause of the speeding, however, still awaits further investigation, the official said.
Local procuratorial authority in Yilan has filed a case to the local court for detaining the driver, identified by surname as You, on suspicion of causing deaths by negligence.
Two women from Chinese mainland hurt; passengers felt intense shaking on trip
Two female passengers from the Chinese mainland were among the injured, the railway authority said.
All eight cars of the express train derailed, and three of them overturned.
The train, Puyuma Express No 6432, was bound for Taitung from Shulin Station, with 366 passengers aboard. It came off the tracks at 4:50 pm at Xinma Station in Yilan county.
Of those who died, the youngest was 9. Two students, aged 12 and 13, from a junior high school in Taitung were also killed.
One of the two passengers from the mainland, surnamed Yao, 44, was in critical condition. The other, surnamed Tan, 55, was slightly injured and was discharged from the hospital.
Mainland authorities mourned those who died in the derailment and sent condolences to their families, as well as to the injured.
The mainland has paid close attention to the accident, according to officials from the State Council"s Taiwan Affairs Office and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits.
Passengers who survived the crash said the train had been shaking intensely during the journey and was going "very fast" before it derailed.
"The train stopped twice and we were told that there were problems that needed repair but the train restarted not long after," one passenger, who identified herself as Mrs Chiu, told reporters.
"We felt that the speed was too fast, then there was a crashing sound and we flew off our seats," she said, adding that many passengers were sleeping at the time.
An official from the Taiwan Railways Administration said the train driver had reported a pressure device used for braking had malfunctioned 30 minutes before the accident, but that should not have caused the train to go too fast.
The crash, the worst in the Taiwan railway system in more than three decades, happened on a popular line along the island"s east coast. Services partially resumed on Monday morning.
The Puyuma Express was launched in 2013 to handle the rugged topography of Taiwan"s east coast. It is distinct from the high-speed railway that runs along the west coast.
The Puyuma trains travel up to 150 kilometers per hour, faster than any other trains in Taiwan except for the high-speed railways.
The Taiwan Railways Administration bought the Puyuma from Japan"s Nippon Sharyo in 2011 in a 30 billion yen ($260 million) deal.
The train that derailed had its most recent inspection and major maintenance work in 2017, Taiwan Railways Administration Director Lu Chie-shen said in a televised news conference.
It was at least the third deadly train crash in Taiwan since 2003.
A tourist train overturned in the southern mountains in 2011 after a tree fell onto the tracks. Five passengers from the mainland were killed.
In another incident, a train on a test run ignored a stop sign and crashed into another in northeastern Taiwan in 2007. Five people were killed.
And in 2003, a train derailed near a mountain resort, killing 17 people. Investigators blamed brake failure.
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